In chalk, of course.
Posted on 05/11/2020 7:59:23 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
She calls herself the "Graffiti Grandma," and now a Washington Heights resident is speaking out after she said she was arrested in April for simply writing a message on the side of a boarded-up building — using chalk.
Amid ongoing protests and growing concerns regarding policing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the NYPD is now facing outcry for a different kind of arrest that landed Jill Nelson behind bars.
Nelson, an author, said she was walking down a block in her neighborhood when she passed the business that has green plywood all around it. She pulled out a piece of chalk she had on her pocket, and wrote a short, to-the-point politically charged message toward the bottom of one of the pieces of wood.
"I saw (the wood) and I wrote on it in pink, washable chalk, Trump = plague," Nelson said. Immediately after she finished writing, she said officers in two NYPD cruisers came rushing up to her — and placed her under arrest.
Nelson says she now has a court date for mid-August, but she wants her name cleared. She was stunned she was charged for writing something that was not profane and was entirely washable. The wood boarding up the business had no visible graffiti in the area where Nelson said she wrote her message, the letters about one foot tall.
"To write Trump is plague and get arrested for it? Don't they have anything better to do?" she asked.
The NYPD had no comment on the arrest.
Nelson chalks her message up to a troubling reality in the age of COVID-19.
"As a longtime resident of uptown, Harlem, this community — I think I voice the sentiments of many, many people living here," Nelson said.
Nelson does not believe she did anything wrong, denying that chalk can be graffiti, saying instead, "I think chalk is free speech."
She said she had heard there were some complaints, which is why police showed up so quickly, but she isn't buying that explanation. She is looking for an apology from the NYPD.
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She is entitled to have her negative opinion about President Trump...
But, it is not OK for her to write something on wall...She does not own that building...I don't think that the owner ever gave her the permission...It does not matter if she is using chalk or not...
She could write whatever she wants on the wall at her home...
She, as a senior citizen, should know better...She is not some teenager...
I don't know why NYPD has to apologize to this lady...
I have seen people writing on the wall while driving around Los Angeles area...Most of them were teenagers...Probably in the gang...
One time, I saw a guy and his girlfriend walking on the street...He suddenly stopped and took out his marker...He wrote his first name on the window of some apartment building...Then he kept on walking with his girlfriend...It was no big deal to them...
If you like your Fascism, you can keep your Fascism.
Who started the Fascism anyway?
” I think I voice the sentiments of many, many people living here,” Nelson said.”
That’s a true indicator of a lib...they love to speak for EVERYBODY.
Dems/libs have a maturity level of a teenager. You can watch them nightly on cable news.
Even worse when they think they get to vote for others!
In chalk, of course.
yet another of countless examples of idiot cops with no interest in dealing with actual crime wasting everyone’s time and money with trivial matters. did they use the swat team?
I thought that graffiti was a civic duty in NYC.
Cuomo missed this one
They speak for everybody (”That’s not who we are”) and also know how you should live your life down to the smallest detail.
although its ridiculous to arrest someone for doing this, when they let the gangs deface every wall they see, but for this woman, prosecute her to the fullest extent of the law.....
Defacing public property. Go to jail!
Awesome... She sounds like a liberal monster.
It was chalk.
Did you read the article you posted?
It was chalk.
Do you know what chalk is?
Have you ever written something in chalk on the sidewalk when you were a kid?
Did the city give you permission to write on their precious sidewalk?
Do you know if the statute of limitations has expired on your blatant violation of the law?
It was chalk.
The sidewalk is different it’s not public property.
Respect private property. You can just run around writing what you want in other peoples wall. Not even MAGA or Jesus Saves.
Well, no-one ever leaves home w/o their chalk.
Sounds like a setup to me to make pathetic, juevinile, TDS statement and molk it for all it is worth,
"I saw (the wood) and I wrote on it in pink, washable chalk, Trump = plague," Nelson said... Nelson chalks her message up to a troubling reality in the age of COVID-19. "As a longtime resident of uptown, Harlem, this community — I think I voice the sentiments of many, many people living here... I think chalk is free speech."
So is what people write about the Kung Flu on Twitter, Facebook, Google... this smear piece is by a shill from an NBC affiliate.
Partisan Media Shills update.
Personally I think graffiti should be a capital crime.
Nothing makes a city uglier then graffiti on every surface.
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